Where does “revittely” come from?

revittely (Finnish) comes from Finnish revitellä, from Finnish revittää, from Finnish repiä, from Proto-Finnic repidäk — to tear, to rip.

revittely (Finnish): reveling, doing pompously

Definitions

  1. reveling, doing pompously

Ancestry of “revittely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrevitelläto revel in, to do pompously
2Finnishrevittääto have something torn
3FinnishrepiäTo tear, shred, rip
4Proto-Finnicrepidäkto tear, to rip
Every word from Proto-Finnic repidäk →Every word from Finnish repiä →Every word from Finnish revittää →